Classwork
1. Finish storyboards for poem
2. Free time: do make-up work, talk to me about your grade, or read. Just do something reasonable ;)
Homework
None, it's a little late. But you should always be reading!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday, April 8
Classwork
1. Recitations: finish grading your peers!
2. Storyboard project: watch "Leap of Faith" clip from Indiana Jones and look at the storyboards for the scene. How do storyboards translate to the screen?
3. Get into assigned groups and work on storyboards. Choose a poem and work on storyboarding it. Discuss what medium you would use, if you were to film this (cartoon? stop-motion? traditional film? CGI?). Will you do a literal interpretation (line-by-line, each line is a storyboard), or will you make it more conceptual? It's up to you.
Homework
Tomorrow is last day to turn in missing work! Get it in!
1. Recitations: finish grading your peers!
2. Storyboard project: watch "Leap of Faith" clip from Indiana Jones and look at the storyboards for the scene. How do storyboards translate to the screen?
3. Get into assigned groups and work on storyboards. Choose a poem and work on storyboarding it. Discuss what medium you would use, if you were to film this (cartoon? stop-motion? traditional film? CGI?). Will you do a literal interpretation (line-by-line, each line is a storyboard), or will you make it more conceptual? It's up to you.
Homework
Tomorrow is last day to turn in missing work! Get it in!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tuesday, April 7
Classwork
1. Recitations: this time, grade two of your peers.
2. Watch Poetry videos: see poems put to video. What is effective about these videos? Consider the medium (cartoon and stop-motion animation), the narrator, the length, etc. We watched "The Giving Tree" and "Sick," both by Shel Silverstein.
Homework
Read and do makeup work! Bookmark #7 is due tomorrow!
1. Recitations: this time, grade two of your peers.
2. Watch Poetry videos: see poems put to video. What is effective about these videos? Consider the medium (cartoon and stop-motion animation), the narrator, the length, etc. We watched "The Giving Tree" and "Sick," both by Shel Silverstein.
Homework
Read and do makeup work! Bookmark #7 is due tomorrow!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, April 6
Classwork
1. Review expectations for recitations
2. 10 students recite poems (everyone should grade one other student each day)
3. Free time (finish up poetry packet, ask questions about recitation grade, etc.)
Homework
Missing work. Read!
1. Review expectations for recitations
2. 10 students recite poems (everyone should grade one other student each day)
3. Free time (finish up poetry packet, ask questions about recitation grade, etc.)
Homework
Missing work. Read!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Friday, April 3
Classwork
1. Look at speech rubric; discuss Delivery expectations. We are using the Oregon Speaking standards rubric (which high schoolers use as a basis for grading work samples) as a guide, because students will see this a lot before they graduate. However, because this is a poetry recitation, and not a speech, we are concerned only with the Delivery category. The recitals start Monday. The delivery is worth 36 points, and the illustrated point is 14, for a total of 50. Students will be called on randomly to deliver their poem.
2. Practice delivering poem. If poem isn't yet memorized, read poem out loud. Students were to focus on enunciation, pronunciation and emotion.
3. Watch some poetry recitations. The best source is to head to YouTube, and type in "Poetry Out Loud." This is a competition in which high-schoolers recite poetry. Some of the clips are amazing!
Homework
Poetry portfolio is due Monday, so finish it! Also, practice poem!
1. Look at speech rubric; discuss Delivery expectations. We are using the Oregon Speaking standards rubric (which high schoolers use as a basis for grading work samples) as a guide, because students will see this a lot before they graduate. However, because this is a poetry recitation, and not a speech, we are concerned only with the Delivery category. The recitals start Monday. The delivery is worth 36 points, and the illustrated point is 14, for a total of 50. Students will be called on randomly to deliver their poem.
2. Practice delivering poem. If poem isn't yet memorized, read poem out loud. Students were to focus on enunciation, pronunciation and emotion.
3. Watch some poetry recitations. The best source is to head to YouTube, and type in "Poetry Out Loud." This is a competition in which high-schoolers recite poetry. Some of the clips are amazing!
Homework
Poetry portfolio is due Monday, so finish it! Also, practice poem!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday, April 2
Classwork
1. Practice reciting poem
2. Hand back Poetry test and go over correct answers. Anyone can complete a makeup test if they want to improve their grade (the scores will be averaged). Students absent on Friday, March 20 should also come in for a makeup.
3. Work on poetry packet or poetry portfolio.
Homework
Finish poetry packet (notes and worksheets—it's on white paper).
Work on poem memorization!
1. Practice reciting poem
2. Hand back Poetry test and go over correct answers. Anyone can complete a makeup test if they want to improve their grade (the scores will be averaged). Students absent on Friday, March 20 should also come in for a makeup.
3. Work on poetry packet or poetry portfolio.
Homework
Finish poetry packet (notes and worksheets—it's on white paper).
Work on poem memorization!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wednesday, April 1
Classwork
1. Head to library to work on illustrated poem. Students are to illustrate the poem they chose for recital; try to draw one image for each line. This should be hand-written. This is due on the day you recite it!
Homework
Finish poetry packet. Start memorizing your poem!
1. Head to library to work on illustrated poem. Students are to illustrate the poem they chose for recital; try to draw one image for each line. This should be hand-written. This is due on the day you recite it!
Homework
Finish poetry packet. Start memorizing your poem!
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